Milliner&#39;s table.



No. 842,748. PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907. K. B. & H. W. ATHERTON. `MILLI1\U-3R"s TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.`27, 1906.

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UNITED s'rATEs PATENT oEEroE.

KATIE B. ATHERTON AND HERBERT W. ATHERTON, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS,

IVIILLINERS TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application led February 27, 1906. Serial Noc 303,254.

State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milliners Tables, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a table having certain peculiar and novel equipments by means of which a hat body or frame may be supported at any height and in any position, easily variable from time to time to enable the milliner to most conveniently and quickly trim or otherwise work on the same.

The inventionv consists in the combination and arrangement of parts and the constructions of certain ofthe parts, all substantially .as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claims.

The milliners table is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in 'which- Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a portion of the table-top, a support vertically and rotatively adjustable thereon carrying a swivelclamp and showing a hat-holder adjustably carried thereby. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sec- -tional view through the swivel-clamp and stem ofthe hat-holder, taken on the line 5 5, l

Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate ing-frame comprising opposite side uprights j a a and a connecting-brace l) at the rear.

arms having their extremities l0 10 and l2 12 in parallelism, the former widely separated and in contact against opposite upper portions ofthe uprights a a, while the parts l2 12 are separated only by a comparatively slight space. l y

d d represent pivot-screws in -axial alinement and connecting the extremities 10 10 of the aforesaid arms to the uprights of the frame, and said pivot-screws receive on their protruding ends opposite their heads clamping-nuts f, which are made with lever extensions f 2 for convenience of operation.

C represents the table-top, provided centrally with a depending cleat or member g, which is fitted between the approached parallel extremities l2 12 of the aforesaid arms B B, and which part g and said arms are penetrated by the headed bolt h, receiving on the protruding end of the shank a lever-nut 11. The table-top is made with a vertically-socketed part, (represented at 7.,) through which socket is fitted to play vertically and also to be rotatively adjustable a rod c, having a horizontal arm or extension k2 at its upper portion.

D represents a swivel-clamp comprising a clamp-body m, having a hole o transversely therethrough and through which the arm k2 is adjustably fitted, the set-screw p threading through the edge portion of the clampbody and against the arm holding the clamp in any adjustable position lengthwise of or, as it may be, rocked around on the said arm. The said clamp-body, moreover, comprises the body portion proper and a disksection m2, and said parts m m2 have a hole g therethrough in a line at right angles to the hole o and has the part m2, provided with separated ear-lugs s s, having apertures s2 in a line at right angles to the length of the hole g, said ear-lugs occupying positions at opposite sides of the hole g, through whichthe shank of an eyebolt t passes, the eye tf", as

well also as the ear-lug, receiving m sliding the disk-section m2, which is rotatively ad- B B represent oppositely-arranged bent frame or body, and for convenience in conn The aforesaid stem IOO tracting the spring-holder of the particular form shown opposite portions of the band are provided with finger-studs w.

A hat-holder head of other specific form from that shown having iitness tothe purpose of receiving thereon and binding itself to the hat to be worked upon may under the present invention be comprised in this device or apparatus.

It will be pointed out that the table-top may be given any desired height by swinging more or less upwardly the arms B B, the lever-nuts f being loosened and reset therefor, and the table may be swung from a horizontal position to any desired tilted position by loosening` and then resetting the nut i. The hat-holder may have any height or any location over the table by raising or lowering the rod 7c, which when properly adjusted is confined by the set-screw r, which threads through the wall of the aforementioned socket j. The hat-holder may have a position forward., to the rear, below, or above the one shown in Fig. 4t by rot-ating the body of the clamp around the horizontal arm or extension k2 of the vertical rod, the set-screw n being loosened and thereafter set up, and the hat-holder may be rotated as well as bodily slid horizontally in a line parallel with the extension-arm, as permitted by the loosening of the binding-nut u for the eyebolt. The hat-holder is also made capable of an adjustment around the axis of the clamp-body and eyebolt while farther from or nearer to the clamp-body, as may be desired. It will therefore be apparent that the holder on which the hat bodily is held may be positioned from time to time variably as the work progresses to conduce to the highest possible convenience of the user.

By making a plurality of perforations i/ through the band hat-holder, spring-band, it becomes convenient by the use of long hatpins to securely confine hats of Haring or conical shape on the holder, which by reason of the non-cylindrical shape of the hat might not be otherwise practicable.

We claim l. A milliners table consisting of a supporting-frame, a top supported by said frame and provided with a hat-holder support, means for vertically adjusting said top, means for angularly adjusting the top, means whereby said support is adjustable vertically and revolubly relative to the table-top, means for confining said. support unmovably in its adjusted position, and a hat-holder carried by said support.

2. A milliners table having a top provided with a vertically movable hat holder support, a hat -holder carried thereby, means whereby said holder is adjustable vertically and means whereby said holder is bodily adjustable longitudinally with respect to the table-top.

3. A milliners table having a top provided with a hat-holder support, a hat-holder carried thereby, ieans whereby said holder is vertically adjustable, means whereby said holder is longitudinally adjustable with ree spect to the table-top, and means whereby said holder is revolubly adjustable about a horizontal axis.

4. A milliners table comprising a top, a vertically-movable hat-holder support carried thereby and comprising a rotatable and vertically-movable member and a horizontal member having a swivel-clamp, and a hatholder secured in position by said clamp and comprising a longitudinally and horizontally adjustable supporting-stem.

5. In 'a device of the character described, a hat-holder head or body, supporting means whereby the holder is adjustable longitudinally of its axis and rotatively about its axis, and means for the confinement of the holder in its adjusted position.

6. A milliners table comprising a hatholder head, supporting means therefor, and means whereby said holder is adj ustably connected with the supporting means and revoluble about an axis outside of and parallel with its own axis.

7. A milliners table comprising a hatholder head, supporting means therefor, whereby the holder is adjustably connected to said supporting means, and means whereby the holder is movable revolubly about an axis extending at right angles to its own axis.

8. In a device of the character described, a hat-holder, means for adjustably and rotatably supporting the holder upon and along the line of its axis, means for revolubly supporting the holder upon an axis parallel to the iirst-mentioned axis, and means for revolubly supporting the holder upon an axis parallel to the first-mentioned axis.

9. A milliners table having combined therewith a vertical rod provided with a horizontal member, a swivel-clamp provided with a hole transversely therethrough, through which said horizontal member engages and having a hole therethrough at right angles to said first-named hole, and provided with opposite, apertured, earlugs, a bar or stein slidably engaged through said ear-lugs and carrying a contractible hat-holder, a bolt having an eye engaging said stem and having its shank extended through the second-named hole in said clamp and receiving a bindingnut at its protruding threaded end and means for adjustably holding the clamp-body on said horizontal member.

10. A milliners table comprising a vertically and rotatively adjustable rodhaving a horizontally-extending member, a swivelclamp provided with a transversely-extend ing opening through which said member engages, said clamp further provided with an opening extending at right angles with re- IOO IIO

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spect to said transversely-extending opening, apertured ears carried by the clamp, a bar slidably engaging in said ears, a contractible and eXpansible hat-holder carried by the bar, a screW-threaded bolt engaging in the said second-mentioned opening and provided With an eye receiving said bar, a binding-nut carried by the screw-threaded portion of the bar, and means for adjustably securing the clamp to said horizontal member.

l1. In a device of the character described, a supporting bar or rod, a swivel-clamp means for longitudinally and revolubly adjusting the clamp to the rod, a hat-holder consisting of a head, a stem With which said head is connected, and ni cans whereby said stem is hori- Zontally and longitudinally and also rotatively adjustable relatively to, and adapted to be conined by, said swivel-clamp.

12. Ina device of the character described, a hat-holder consisting of a partially-circular band of spring metal provided with oppositely-located iinger-studs, a stem., having its extremity connected with an intermediate portion of said spring-band, and a support with Which such stem is adj ustably connected.

13. In a device of the character described, a hat-holder consisting of a partially-circular band of sprinO metal provided With oppositely-located nger-studs, a stem, having its forward extremity bent offset from its main portion, and connected with an intermediate portion of said spring-band, and a table having a hat-holder support With which such stern is ad'ustably connected.

Signed yus at Holyoke, Massachusetts, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

KATE B. ATHERTON. HERBERT W. ATHERTON. Witnesses:

FRANK J. WATT, INA CLARK FRASER. 

